Turn on offline access in Chrome

Open Google Chrome and sign in by clicking the Chrome menu > choosing Sign in to Chrome > following the directions on the sign-in page.

Visit Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides. Offline access will automatically be turned on. Open a file to begin viewing or editing it even when you have no Internet connection.

Note: Do you use Google Apps for Work or Education? Chrome sign-in for offline access is not currently supported for these accounts. Use the instructions in "Turn on and turn offline access from settings" below.

Turn on and turn off offline access from settings

You can manually enable or disable offline access from your settings in Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

Only enable offline access on personal computers or computers that you use regularly. Turning on offline access on public or shared computers can put your data at risk, since others may be able to view your synced files.

Check the box next to "Sync your work to this computer so that you can edit offline" to enable offline access. Your files and folders will automatically be synced so that they'll be available without an Internet connection.

Check the box next to "Sync your work to this computer so that you can edit offline" to enable offline access. The homescreens will automatically begin syncing your files and folders so that they'll be available without an Internet connection.

Uncheck the box to disable offline access.

Where offline access is available

Offline access isn't currently available everywhere. See what is and isn’t available below.

Desktop

Mobile

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Google Drive

Google Docs*

Google Sheets*

Google Slides*

Google Drawings

*To edit Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides offline on your mobile device, you must have the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps installed. All other files can be viewed using the Google Drive app.